Five percent of net sales to benefit Farm Fresh Rhode Island on July 26 Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Farm Fresh Rhode Island announced that it will receive five percent of net sales from all Whole Foods Market locations in Rhode Island on Thursday, July 26 as part of the company’s quarterly Community Giving Day. The path food travels — the food system — includes everything […]readmore
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily halted deportations of immigrant families who were recently reunited after being separated earlier this year at the U.S.-Mexico border. Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego blocked the deportations Monday for at least a week and asked the government to respond to a motion from the American Civil Liberties Union. […]readmore
VOA News Russian President Vladimir Putin denied having any compromising information on U.S. President Donald Trump and called the idea that Russia meddled in 2016 U.S. presidential elections «utterly ridiculous.» During a contentious interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, Putin said, «Interference with the domestic affairs of the United States — do you really […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar WASHINGTON — A self-styled Russian gun rights advocate who cultivated close ties with the National Rifle Association on behalf of Russia was charged on Monday with conspiracy to infiltrate U.S. political organizations as part of Moscow’s influence operations in the United States. Maria Butina, 29, whose Twitter account describes her as the founder […]readmore
VOA News France has won its second World Cup championship, defeating Croatia 4-2 Sunday at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium France led 2-1 at halftime, thanks to an own-goal by Croatian Mario Mandzukic, who headed a free kick into his own team’s net, and a penalty kick by Antoine Griezmann. Croatia’s Ivan Perisic briefly leveled the game […]readmore
Senators urge President to cancel meeting if he’s not prepared to press Putin to hand over indicted intelligence officials WASHINGTON – Today, a group of top Senate Democrats wrote to President Trump, urging him in the strongest possible terms to avoid meeting alone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a letter to the White House, […]readmore
WEYMOUTH, MA – A Weymouth police officer who suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting Sunday morning has died, along with a woman inside a nearby home who was struck by gunfire as officers chased the suspect on foot, her name has not been made public authorities said. Weymouth Police Chief Richard Grimes has identified the […]readmore
URI-led consortium selected by National Science Foundation to operate new research ship to replace R/V Endeavor WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to advance ocean exploration and modernize America’s fleet of Regional Research Vessels, U.S. Senator Jack Reed has worked for years helping to provide $250 million to allow the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build […]readmore
VOA News The founder of the popular U.S. pizza delivery franchise Papa John’s has resigned as chairman of the company’s board after a published report he used a racial slur during a conference call. Forbes magazine published a report Wednesday that John Schnatter was participating in a media training session with a marketing agency on […]readmore
VOA News All 12 boys and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded Thai cave where they and they had been trapped for more than two weeks, according to the Thai Navy SEALs. «All 12 ‘Wild Boars’ and coach have been extracted from the cave,» a post on their Facebook page said, referring […]readmore